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File #: 161311    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/18/2017 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 2/7/2017
Effective date: 2/24/2017    
Title: A substitute ordinance relating to the clarification, standardization and correction of code provisions relating to licensing fees and procedures.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: LICENSE FEES, LICENSES
Attachments: 1. Fiscal Note, 2. Notice Published on 2-23-17
Number
161311
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
060762
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to the clarification, standardization and correction of code provisions relating to licensing fees and procedures.
Sections
81-1-8-a am
81-2-3 rp
81-2-4 rn
81-2-5 rn
81-28 rc
81-51.6-3 rp
81-56.3-4 rc
80-60.7-4 rp
81-70-1-a rp
81-70-1-b rp
81-70-4 rc
81-101.2-2 rc
81-121-7 rp
93-45-1-c-1 am
95-1-2-a-3 rc
95-1-2-a-8 rp
95-1-2-a-9 rn
95-1-2-a-10 rn
95-1-2-a-11 rn
95-1-2-a-12 rn
Analysis
This ordinance establishes a late application fee of $25 for the following licenses: alarm, special class “B”, filling station, food peddler, public entertainment premises, and tattoo and body-piercing, which is consistent with recent code changes standardizing late application fees.

This ordinance also makes the following changes:

1. Corrects inconsistencies in the code relating to non-payment of fees.

2. Clarifies requirements for submission of photographs for recycling, salvaging and towing vehicles.

3. Clarifies licensing requirements for direct sellers, to be consistent with state code.

4. Removes redundant code provisions.

Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 81-1-8-a of the code is amended to read:

81-1. General Provisions.

8. INSUFFICIENCY OF FUNDS; NONPAYMENT OF FEES. a. Except where otherwise provided, if payment for a license or permit fee issued through the city clerk’s office is made by check or other draft drawn upon an account containing insufficient funds, the applicant shall, within 15 days from the date of the letter from the city clerk of the insufficiency, pay by cashier’s check or other certified draft, money order or cash, the fees, late fees and processing charges as specified by city code. Nonpayment of all applicable fees, late fees and processing charges within 15 days [[after the applicant received notice of the insufficiency]] >>from the da...

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